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A Taste for Death

by P D James

A Taste for Death Cover

ISBN13: 9780345430588
ISBN10: 0345430581
Condition: Standard
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

When the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum: How did an upper-crust Minister come to lie, slit throat to slit throat, next to a neighborhood derelict of the lowest order? Challenged with the investigation of a crime that appears to have endless motives, Dalgliesh explores the sinister web spun around a half-burnt diary and a violet-eyed widow who is pregnant and full of malice--all the while hoping to fill the gap of logic that joined these two disparate men in bright red death. . . .

Review:


"Splendidly suspenseful."
--The Washington Post Book World

"A SUPERB DETECTIVE NOVEL . . . AND A GIFT TO ALL READERS."
--USA Today

"Glitters with the high-gloss anxiety of a first-rate detective novel, but it goes beyond that fine achievement to another realm . . . An intricate, compassionate novel."
--The Boston Globe

"MARVELOUS."
--Newsweek

About the Author

P. D. James is the author of fifteen books, nine of which have been filmed and broadcast on television. She spent thirty years in various sections of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Departments of the Home Office. She has served as a magistrate and as a governor of the BBC. P. D. James is the recipient of many prizes and honors, and in 1991 was created Baroness James of Holland Park.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780345430588
Author:
James, P. D.
Publisher:
Random House
Author:
James, P.D.
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Police
Subject:
England
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Series
Subject:
Mystery & detective
Subject:
Police procedural
Subject:
Dalgliesh, adam (fictitious character)
Subject:
Dalgliesh, Adam
Edition Description:
1st Ballantine Books ed.
Series Volume:
21
Publication Date:
November 1998
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
480
Dimensions:
6.86x4.21x1.05 in. .49 lbs.

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